Tony Hawk sits with The Pixies Black Francis for an interview at the end of their Doolittle reunion tour. If you like either, watch it.
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Music
Last month we mentioned that along with being one of the best surfers of all time Tom Curren can also sing. . . well. Here’s the proof in the video for Summerland Road. Though we are kind of wondering where his duet partner is. She pretty much makes the song and yet is conspicuously missing from the video. Hmmmm?
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According to a story on All Things D Google’s YouTube is about ready to “pull the plug” on 60 percent of its channel programming deals, you remember, all that money that was given to channels like Network A, Tony Hawk’s Ride Channel, Red Bull Media House etc. . .
This week, Google’s video site will start offering new contracts to some of the channel programmers/creators it signed up in the last year. But not all of them: YouTube figures it will end up re-investing in up to 40 percent of its original channels by the time the renewal process is done. . . YouTube will handle renewals in batches, starting with the first set of channels that launched in January of this year.
If we go by Adage.com’s weekly ranking of the YouTube Channels and guess that Google is going to save save their top performing channels and lose the bottom, then it would appear that number 17 ranked Ride Channel might just make the cut. But then, we have no idea how Google with sort this out. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
[Link: All Things D]
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New York City’s DQM is hosting a evening to benefit the Red Cross on Thursday November 8. 2012 at The Knitting Factory featuring performances by Will Sheff [Okkervil River], Jared Evan, Kevin Devine, Jennifer O’Connor, Jen Grae, holly Miranda, Geoff Rickly [Thursday], Bird of Youth, Jaymay, Brian Bonz, Zumo Kollie, Sonya Kitchell, and more.
The show starts at 7 PM. Tickets are $40 with all proceeds going to the Red Cross. The Knitting Factory is located at 361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. [click to continue…]
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On Mammoth Mountain’s opening weekend (November 9, 2012) Spring Break Snowboards will be hosting a pop-up art show “featuring primitive abstract powder snowboards, photography from Spring Break contributors and original artwork. Musical performance by Luke MacMaster of The Romany Rye, and plenty of on snow fun to kick off California’s first day of shredding this season.
The show opens at the Mammoth’s Grand Sierra Lodge at 5 PM on Friday, November 9, 2012. The Grand Sierra Lodge is located at 1111 Forest Trail, Mammoth Lakes, California.
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Whenever we hear that a former pro surfer has a “new album” coming out we automatically begin cringing. With the exception of Donovan Frankenreiter (and we admit to cringing a little at the start) the road most surfing troubadours walk is not paved with critical acclaim or booming success.
Into this milieu drops three-time world surfing champion Tom Curren (right). His debut EP Summerland Road goes on sale October 16, 2012.
Still one of the most well known, beloved and legendary of professional surfers, Curren has a mystique that was enhanced by his musical aspirations and abilities. During his years on competitive surf circuit, Curren always found opportunities to create and perform music, developing bands with names such as Skipping Urchins and Plankten. His sound reveals musical influences ranging from jazz to African music to acoustic guitar melodies, reflections of a world-traveling competitor. His diverse repertoire made such an impression on Jackson Browne that he asked Curren to join his touring band last year.
If the bluesy smooth title track is any indication, the Summerland Road EP is set to push him right in there on the successful side (a positive mention in Vanity Fair can’t hurt). For the official word follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Jereme Rogers is still rocking his rapping alter ego J. Casanova and this is the video for his song Damn. Not bad, J. Not bad at all.
[Link via Digital Skateboarding]
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San Diego, California rockers Rocket From The Crypt reunited for an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba performing “He’s A Chef” to promote the TV show’s new product collab with Volcom, according to a story on The Punk Site.
“He’s A Chef” will be available on a limited edition 7″ as part of an apparel and accessories collaboration between Volcom Clothing and Yo Gabba Gabba. The 7″ that also features a collaboration between hip-hop/bizarro artist Biz Markie and Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne. It is being given away to 100 lucky winners here and will be available on September 21st at select Volcom retailers as a free gift when you purchase any of the collaborative products.
How punk rawk is that?
[Link: Volcom via The Punk Site]
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Not only can he skate, Leo Romero also blows harp and plays guitar at the same time. And does it well. Here Leo plays live with Chris Segura at a San Deigo benefit for Milk & Honey – Hope For India.
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Here’s a little sip of Absinthe’s 2012 offering Resonance. The film (which premieres in Zurich with a Santigold concert on August 27, 2012) ) features: Nicolas Müller, Scotty Lago, Brandon Cocard, Danny Kass, Cale Zima, Gigi Rüf, Mat Schaer, Manuel Diaz, Eric Jackson, Blair Habenicht, Sylvain Bourbousson, Patrick Burgener, Wolfgang Nyvelt, Lucas Debari, and Bode Merrill. How’s that for some heavy hitters? Get it on iTunes on September 25.
[Link: Absinthe Films]
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